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Solihull

In the last 12 months, 93.8% of householder applications were approved in Solihull (291 decided). A typical householder decision takes about eight weeks (median 53 days).

Across all application types on record (2023-01-18–2026-07-01): 90.3% of 2,899 decisions approved.

3,768Total applications
2,618Approved
281Refused
92Withdrawn
750Pending
90.3%Approval rate (all types)
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Decision Level
3,357Not Available
318Not Applicable
88Delegated
1Committee
By Development Category
CategoryTotalApprovedRefusedApproval rate
Householder 1,264 1,200 64
94.9%
Discharge of Conditions 233 228 5
97.9%
Tree Works (TPO) 227 211 16
93.0%
Prior Approval (Other) 200 139 61
69.5%
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) 182 143 39
78.6%
Minor Full Other 156 138 18
88.5%
Tree Works (Conservation Area) 152 150 2
98.7%
Non-Material Amendment (S96a) 106 84 22
79.2%
Advertisement Consent 80 78 2
97.5%
Variation/Removal of Conditions (S73) 72 68 4
94.4%
Minor Full Dwellings 65 44 21
67.7%
Change of Use 47 40 7
85.1%
Listed Building Consent 40 38 2
95.0%
Certificate of Lawfulness (Existing) 19 15 4
78.9%
HS2 Section 17 (DIS) 14 14 0
100.0%
Telecommunications 11 6 5
54.5%
Major Full Other 7 6 1
85.7%
Permission in Principle 6 5 1
83.3%
Outline Planning 5 2 3
40.0%
Prior Approval (Class AA — Upward Extension) 5 4 1
80.0%
Major Full Dwellings 3 2 1
66.7%
Reserved Matters 1 1 0
100.0%
Prior Notification Ag Bldg (Erection) 1 1 0
100.0%
HS2 Schedule 16 1 1 0
100.0%
Hedgerow Removal 1 0 1
0.0%
Uncategorised 1 0 1
0.0%
Quarterly Trend
QuarterDecidedApprovedApproval rate
2023-Q3 202 179
88.6%
2023-Q4 50 41
82.0%
2024-Q1 226 207
91.6%
2024-Q2 246 212
86.2%
2024-Q3 267 237
88.8%
2024-Q4 224 213
95.1%
2025-Q1 275 250
90.9%
2025-Q2 252 232
92.1%
2025-Q3 278 245
88.1%
2025-Q4 265 245
92.5%
2026-Q1 235 208
88.5%
2026-Q2 35 31
88.6%
2026-Q3 1 1
100.0%
By Ward
WardTotalApprovedRefusedApproval rate
St Alphege 343 315 28
91.8%
Meriden 302 259 43
85.8%
Dorridge And Hockley Heath 287 263 24
91.6%
Knowle 253 234 19
92.5%
Bickenhill 236 220 16
93.2%
Olton 230 210 20
91.3%
Blythe 225 205 20
91.1%
Silhill 167 151 16
90.4%
Shirley South 162 153 9
94.4%
Shirley East 152 134 18
88.2%
Lyndon 120 100 20
83.3%
Castle Bromwich 108 91 17
84.3%
Planning guides

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